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Abu Hafs al-Urduni

Dead?³

Abu Hafs al-Urduni

Details
	Importance	Medium
	Means of Death	Hostile gunfire from Russian security forces³
	Date of Death	Nov. 26, 2006³
	Location of Death	Khasavyurt, Dagestan, Russia³
	Affiliation	Islamic International Peacekeeping Brigade¹
	Role	Commander¹
	Supervisor	Abu Musab al-Zarqawi⁴
	Affiliation	Al-Qaeda in Iraq
	Affiliation	Al-Qaeda
	Nationality	Jordanian^2,3
	Alternate Spelling(s)	Abu Hafs, Abu Khavs, Abu Havs, Abu Hafs al-Urdani, Abu Hafs al Urduni
	Gender	Male

Narrative and Notes

	Reliable	Succeeded Abu Walid as leader of foreign fighters in Chechnya after Abu Walid was killed in 2004. Abu Hafs was reported killed in firefight in Dagestan on Nov. 26, 2006. A graphic used as a part of U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell's Feb. 5, 2003, presentation to the United Nations regarding Iraq's ties to terrorism featured him prominently as a member of Zarqawi's network operating in Russia. Powell did not discuss Abu Hafs, however.^1,3,4

	Possible	Powell's graphic tied Abu Hafs to the British poison cell.⁴

Sources
¹ U.S. State Department. 'Country Reports on Terrorism.' 2005.
² Presumed from name.
³ Mollayev, Arsen. 'Jordanian Chechen Chief Dies in Gunfight.' The Associated Press: Nov. 26, 2006.
⁴ U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell, presentation to the United Nations, Feb. 5, 2003.
Photo: U.S. State Department

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